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MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with X-Cell Tool and Mold

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges has a quick 5-minute chat with Brian Dippel, the Operations Manager for X-Cell Tool and Mold in Fairview, Pennsylvania and MMT’s 2019 Leadtime Leader Winner. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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2021 Leadtime Leader Award Winner: Westminster Tool—Perseverance with a Plan

Westminster Tool’s latest commitment to the plan—investment in new technologies, processes and capabilities, workforce development/training and sales & marketing—helped them edge out this year’s competition.
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Business Strategy

MMT Chats: 5 In 5 with Action Mold and Machining

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges reveals five best practices for improving efficiencies in culture, technology, process, measuring success and staying competitive in 5 minutes with Action Mold and Machining. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Business Strategy

MMT Chat: 5 in 5 with Pyramid Plastics

This quick 5 in 5 MMT Chats video series reveals five best practices in 5 minutes on ways to improve efficiencies with technology, workforce development and business management. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Business Strategy

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Industrial Molds

This quick 5 in 5 MMT Chats video series reveals five best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies with technology, workforce development and business management. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Business Strategy

MMT Chats: 30 Under 30 Honoree, Cultural Innovator, Leader Grower, Improvement Maker

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges invites Hillary Thomas Westminster Tool ‘s  vice president as a guest on this MMT Chat. She talks about leading cultural change, driving strategic company improvements, growing and supporting leaders and spreading awareness of manufacturing and its benefits to the community.  This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#30under30 #leadtimeleader #leadership

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: Making Mentoring Work, Part 2

Three of the TK Mold and Engineering team in Romeo, Michigan join me for Part 2 of this MMT Chat on mentorship by sharing how the AMBA’s Meet a Mentor Program works, lessons learned (and applied) and the way your shop can join this effort. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
#30under30 #leadership #education

Business Strategy

MMT Chats: “If I Knew Then What I Know Now”

MoldMaking Technology editorial director Christina Fuges brings Ben Lampron of Metro Mold & Design to this MMT Chat to discuss a book to help our next generation jumpstart their futures while helping our seasoned pros attract and retain young talent by focusing on the whole person. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Business Strategy

MMT Chats: The Value of Digging Deeper

Maybe it’s his passion for scuba diving, but this operations manager for X-Cell Tool and Mold loves digging deeper into relationships and mold projects. Brian Dippel chats with me about moldmaking, molding, business management, work ethic, employee-centered culture, expansion, customer relationships, deodorant sticks, acquisition and yes, scuba diving.
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Business Strategy

Gardner Business Index 2020 Year in Review

The GBI 2020 Year In Review looks back at business activity data over the last 12-months in order to give manufacturing leaders the insights they will need to maximize their success in 2021.
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